from chron.com Chicharrones anyone? Not for one man who was busted on Saturday, accused of trying to smuggle pickled pork skins at the the Paso del Norte bridge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said the Denver man was crossing at the pedestrian bridge when X-ray examination discovered 3 kilograms of the pork skins hidden in a container of coffee …

Okay, I know what you’re thinkin…Another Tupac back freestyle?? Yes and no…This is over the same track, but Fat Joe put a different spin on it and actually made it sound like his song….nice work…Check it out….

(from Reuters) A musician, using a stickup note posted on his cell phone, robbed a Massachusetts pharmacy of prescription pain pills just hours before his scheduled rock concert, authorities said on Monday. Michael Todd, 30, a bass player and singer with New York rock band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested Sunday at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, several hours …

Via a blog post appearing on his website, T.I. reached out to his fans with optimism and and a seemingly renewed spirit to turn his life around. He also shouted out specific supporters and offered a promise that he’ll be back to business when he touches down in September…. Read the full letter below: What up world? …